acetamidase

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Etymology

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acetamide +‎ -ase

Noun

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acetamidase (plural acetamidases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any amidase that acts on an acetamide unit
    • 2015 September 9, “Benzoic Acid-Inducible Gene Expression in Mycobacteria”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The first equivalent system in mycobacteria, the acetamide-inducible system based on the Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msmeg) endogenous acetamidase promoter [13 ], was developed as late as in 1997.